The latest pronouncements from U.S. President Donald Trump indicate that 25 per cent tariffs are coming on Tuesday on Canadian products bound for the United States.

The president of the NL Federation of Labour admits that Trump’s vacillations have been very stressful for Canadian workers and business trying to prepare for and navigate the potential impact of punishing import taxes on Canadian goods in the U.S.

Regardless of what does, or doesn’t, happen, Jessica McCormick says Canada, and Newfoundland and Labrador, needs to be prepared.

She says both the federal and provincial governments need to be ready with a plan to support workers through EI, enhancements to income support, and supports to business to keep people employed.